View From The Vault Review

Release Date: October 10, 2000
The first all new video from America's premier in-concert band in over three years. The Grateful Dead - A View From The Vault is over 2-1/2 hours of live concert footage from the historic concert at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA in July of 1990. Jerry, Mickey, Bill, Phil, Brent and Bob thrill a packed stadium with the classic performance style that is uniquely their own. This contains both day and night footage, including the first ever video released version of the huge hit "A Touch Of Grey." The DVD version contains over an extra hour of additional footage shot from Cardinal's Stadium during the same tour.

View From The Vault
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TheHeartbreaker, on january 03, 2006 1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Sound: The music in the DVD was, like any Dead concert, phenominal. Everything was picked up well, and the film featured 215 minutes of music. The movie contains quite a few songs from Terrapin Station, but also has other hits, including the opening "Touch Of Grey." There's also two songs listed as "jams" one known just as "Jam" and the other as "KY Jam," or "Kentucky Jam" (this second jam was part of three songs that were put in to the film from a different concert). The only problem I noticed with the sound was that in the first song or two Brent Mydland seemed to have some problems with being heard, but you could see a rodie come over and fix whatever was wrong, and after that everything was great. The Dead do some covers as well; including Bob Dylan and Guns N' Roses covers. // 9

Content: The content on this DVD is pretty much what you'd expect from any concert DVD, and that is the concert. Besides that, there is nothing, but who cares, it's 3 1/2 hours of the Dead! Also, for all you psychedelic freaks, there's about 30 minutes worth of psychedelic stuff going on, where there'll be color changing hazes, ventures through space, or other odd things to keep you occupied. Anyways, here is a list of everything played. Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, July 8, 1990, first set:
01. Touch Of Grey
02. Greatest Story Ever Told
03. Jack-A-Roe
04. New Minglewood Blues
05. Row Jimmy
06. Mama Tried
07. Mexicali Blues
08. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
09. Let It Grow
Second set:
01. Samson And Delilah
02. Eyes Of The World
03. Estimated Prophet
04. Terrapin Station
05. Jam
06. Drums
07. Space
08. I Need A Miracle
09. Wang Dang Doodle
10. Black Peter
11. Throwing Stones
12. Turn On Your Lovelight
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY - July 6, 1990:
01. Standing On The Moon
02. He's Gone
03. KY Jam.
The reason for two sets is that the concert starts during the day and after an hour the guys take a break. When they return Part II. After Part II there's a black screen for a few seconds and then the song "Standing On The Moon" starts at their Cardinal Stadium Concert, which continues to play as the credits unfold. // 9

Production Quality: The production is great, enough said. // 10

Overall Impression: Awesome concert. Done in 1990, so they weren't at their peak and were without Keith (and Donna) Godchauex, however, it was kickass nonetheless. I basically love everything it has even though the psychedelic effects can be a bit annoying at times. It it were lost or stolen I'd definetly buy it again, or atleast one of the other View From The Vault DVDs. // 9